Correct answer: (b) 2019-2029
Explanation
- A
2019-2035
(a) 2019–2035. A sixteen-year span; the notified Rural Sanitation Strategy is a ten-year 2019–2029 document.
- B
2019-2029
(b) 2019–2029. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Ministry of Jal Shakti) launched the Rural Sanitation Strategy 2019–2029 in September 2019, to sustain ODF gains. Official key.
- C
2019-2022
(c) 2019–2022. Too short; that looks like a remaining plan-period fragment.
- D
2019-2024
(d) 2019–2024. A five-year political-cycle trap, not the strategy horizon.
Summary. Official key is (b) 2019–2029. Ten-year rural sanitation strategy of Jal Shakti / DDWS, September 2019. Honour the stored letter (b).
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